Chow Tai Fook Charity Foundation has recently donated HK$1 million in support of the 'Public Health Train-the-Trainer Project in China's Rural Communities' initiated by the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC).

Officiated by Mr. Peter Cheng, chairman of the foundation; Prof. Francis K.L. Chan, Dean of Medicine, CUHK; and Prof. Emily Chan, director of CCOUC, a cheque presentation ceremony was held on 17 October. Also in attendance were Mr. Koo Tong-fat, director of the foundation, and Ms. Sharon Chow, CEO of Wu Zhi Qiao (Bridge to China) Charitable Foundation.

With the donation from the foundation, CCOUC will provide professional and systematic training programmes to participants of the Wu Zhi Qiao project. The Public Health Train-the-Trainer Project, which is expected to last two years, aims to promote public health and effective disaster prevention measures in remote villages and communities in mainland China.